SHS-07/CONF.205/01 Paris, 11 July 2007 Original: English

EIGHTH SESSION OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL COUNCIL (IGC) OF THE « MANAGEMENT OF SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONS » (MOST) PROGRAMME

UNESCO, Paris – Fontenoy, Room IV 16 – 18 July 2007

AGENDA AND TIMETABLE

CHAIR: H.E. Mr Zola Skweyiya, President of the MOST Programme Minister of Social Development, South Africa

Monday 16 July 2007

9:00-9:45 Welcome and registration

10:00 Welcoming Words to the Eighth Session: Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO

10:15 Mr Johan Schölvinck, Director, Division for Social Policy and Development, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs

10:30 Mr Gudmund Hernes, President, International Social Science Council (ISSC)

10:45 Opening of the Eighth IGC Session by the President of the IGC, H. E. Mr Zola S. Skweyiya, Minister of Social Development, South Africa (Introduced by Mr Pierre Sané, Assistant Director-General, Social and Human Scienes, UNESCO)

11:00 Adoption of the Agenda Election of the Drafting Group

11:10 Coffee Break

11:25 Report of the MOST Secretariat (2005 – 2007) Christina von Furstenberg, Secretary, MOST Programme

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11:40 Comments by IGC Bureau and SAC Members: IGC President and Vice-Presidents, Scientific Advisory Committee Members

12:00 Discussion

12:15 Report on the event “From Research to Policy to Action”, Nairobi, January 2007 H.E. Hon. Maina Kamanda, M.P. Minister of Gender, Sports, Culture and Social Services, the Government of Kenya

12:25 MOST Tool for intersectoral, inter-agency and multilateral cooperation: Outline on methodology and applications of the MOST Online Policy Research Service Prof. Nazli Choucri, President of the MOST SAC Committee

12:35 Cooperation with the UNESCO Forum on Higher Education, Research and Knowledge: Mr. Georges Haddad, Director ED/HE

12:45 Discussion

13:00 Lunch

15:00 MOST Regional Fora of Ministers of Social Development - What works; why? - What does not work; why? Introduction by ADG/SHS, Mr Pierre Sané

15:15 Interregional Ministerial Roundtable on Social Development Research for Social Development Policies / Research-Policy linkages: - National and regionsl priority setting and evaluation; - Institutional linkages: what needs to be done.

Morocco: H.E. Mr Abderrahim Harouchi, Minister of Social Development, Family and Solidarity; Pakistan: H.E. Mr Daniyal Aziz, Federal Minister, Chairman, National Reconstruction Bureau Uganda: H.E. Mrs Syda Bbumba, Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development Greece: H.E. Mr Vassilios N. Magginas, Minister of Employment and Social Protection

16.15 Coffee break

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16.30 Interregional Ministerial Roundtable on Social Development (continued)

Argentina: H.E. Mrs , Minister of Social Development South Africa: H.E. Mr Zola S. Skweyiya, Minister of Social Development Ecuador: H.E. Ms Jeanette Sanchez, Minister of Social Development; Malaysia: H.E. Mrs Dato’Sri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, Minister of Women, Family and Community Development

UNDESA: Mr Johan Schölvinck, UNDESA: Comments

Moderator: ADG/SHS, Mr Pierre Sané

17:45 Discussion (Especially comments from researchers)

18:30 Reception at the UNESCO Restaurant, Fontenoy, 7th floor 4

Tuesday 17 July 2007

9:00 Meeting of the Bureau

10:00 Report on the International Forum on the Social Science – Policy Nexus (, Córdoba, Rosario and Montevideo) H.E. Mr Daniel Filmus, Minister of Education, Science and Technology Government of

10:15 Partners' viewpoint: Mr Peter Utting, Deputy Director, UNRISD

10:25 Report on Spin-off Event: Population and Development in Africa – Research and Policy Dialogue for Action Mafikeng, South Africa, 5-8 March 2007 Representative of South-African Government

10:35 Discussion

10:50 Coffee Break

11:05 Outlook on UNU-MOST cooperation Prof. Luk van Langenhove, Director, United Nations University Centre for Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS), Brugge, Belgium

Discussion

11:25 MOST Research-Policy Nexus at National Level Presentation of Israel Experience: Bridging between the world of Social Research, Public Decision-Making and Policy Setting: the role of Chief Scientists in Government Ministries Prof. Abraham Freidman, Israel SHS Chairperson

11:40 Presentation of Moroccan Model of Research-Policy Cooperation Mr Najib Bensbia, Chief of Cabinet Ministry of Social Development, Family and Solidarity, the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco

11:55 Recommendations of the MOST National Liaison Committee Evaluation, Prof. Dumitru Chitoran, MOST NLC Evaluator Former Vice-Rector, University of Bucharest, Romania

12:10 Discussion

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12:30 Presentation of the Review Committee’s Report on the Review of UNESCO’s Science Sectors; and Executive Board Decision Mr Marcio Barbosa, Deputy Director-General of UNESCO and Chair of the Review Committee

Discussion

13:00 Lunch Break

15.00 UNESCO's Medium Term Strategy (34 C/4); UNESCO's Programme and Budget 2008-09 (34 C/5) and Intersectoral Platforms Mr Cheikh N'Diaye, Bureau of Strategic Planning ADG/SHS Mr P. Sané Representative of ADG/SC

Discussion

15:45 Coffee Break

16:00 Roundtable of Ministers of Social Development Sri Lanka: H.E. Mr Douglas Devananda, Minister for Social Services and Social Welfare Venezuela: H.E. Mrs Lic. Yadira Hidalgo, Vice-Minister of Social Protection, M.P. Egypt: H.E. Mr Aly Mosselhy, Minister of Social Cohesion Dominican Republic: H.E. Mr Dore Cabral, Secretary of State, Director of Information, Analysis and Strategic Programming of the President’s Office Islamic Republic of Iran: H.E. Dr. Hojattollah Ayoubi, Deputy Minister of Interior for Social and Council Affairs, Chairperson, Iranian MOST NLC St.Lucia: H.E. Mr Lenard Montoute, Minister of Social Transformation, Human Services, Family Affairs, Youth and Sports Montenegro: H.E. Mr Predrag Sekulic, Minister of Culture, Sports and Media Senegal: H.E. Mrs Fatou Taya Ndiaye, Minister of National Solidarity Brazil: H.E. Ms Laura da Veiga , Secretary of State for Evaluation and Information Management Syrian Arab Republic: H.E. Dr. Adnan Homidan, Vice-Minister of Social Affairs and Labour

Moderator: Mr Pierre Sané, ADG/SHS

18:30 IGC Bureau and Drafting Group Meeting: Emerging Draft Recommendations

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Wednesday 18 July 2007

9:30 Meeting of the Bureau and the Drafting Group Free morning for other participants

14:30 Meeting of the Bureau

15:00 Pleanary discussion on the Draft Report and Recommendations for the 34th Session of the General Conference

16:30 Adoption of Recommendations

18:00 Closure of the 8th IGC Session by IGC President and ADG/SHS